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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author concluded that the squirrels had developed a way of making ___________.
(a) Their own sugar.
(b) Their own maple syrup.
(c) Their own gum.
(d) Their own nests.

2. What does the author set out to do in "November 25 Connections"?
(a) Go deer hunting.
(b) Go duck hunting.
(c) Go turkey hunting.
(d) Go moose hunting.

3. In this section, whom does the farmer meet with at the cabin?
(a) The dairy farmer.
(b) A local farmer.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) The lumber company.

4. The author notes the changing seasons and decides his favorite season is ____________.
(a) Always the current one.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

5. How does Stuart feel about his father?
(a) He is very angry.
(b) He is very embarrassed.
(c) He is very proud.
(d) He is very annoyed.

6. On December 9, the author returns to his cabin in the woods just in time for what event?
(a) A solar eclipse.
(b) The winter solstice.
(c) A full lunar eclipse.
(d) A partial lunar eclipse.

7. How does the sample surprise the author?
(a) How dirty the water was.
(b) How many dangerous organisms live there.
(c) How much pollution accompanied those organisms.
(d) How much life is down there.

8. What kind of fish does the author consider the perch to be?
(a) Trash fish.
(b) Good fish.
(c) Rare fish.
(d) Expensive fish.

9. According to the farmer, how do most people use the dead calves?
(a) To bait coyotes.
(b) To feed cattle.
(c) To feed ravens.
(d) To bait bears.

10. In "March 25 Birch Seeds," how many birch seeds are shed by the tree?
(a) Thousand.
(b) Trillion.
(c) Million.
(d) Billion.

11. In "November 28 More Flies," how does the the author attempt to rid his cabin of flies?
(a) He steps on them.
(b) He sprays them with poison.
(c) He hits them with a fly swatter.
(d) He sucks them up in the dustbuster.

12. In one he sees a huge _____________ owl starting at him.
(a) Burrowing.
(b) Barred.
(c) Great horned.
(d) Barn.

13. In what chapter does the author note how many activities and responsibilities he has taken on?
(a) "April 1."
(b) "April 11."
(c) "April 20."
(d) "April 2."

14. In "Cows," why does the author go into town?
(a) To meet with friends.
(b) To have a meal at the diner.
(c) To buy supplies.
(d) To see his son.

15. The author cooks mice for the students. How do they feel about eating mouse?
(a) They enjoy it.
(b) They are annoyed by it.
(c) They are disgusted by it.
(d) They are made ill by it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what chapter does it rain all day?

2. In "January 20 Coyotes," what is the man, which the author just happens upon, doing?

3. What occurs in "January 13"?

4. The author has become rather sick of celebrating __________________ in the traditional American way.

5. Where can moss grow?

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